News & Events

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) has elected Barlow Der Mugrdechian as its new president, following a meeting of the SAS Executive Council on Saturday, November 30. Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Director of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno, succeeds outgoing president Christina Maranci (Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University) in the leadership role. The election of …

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan has been chosen to receive the SAS Distinguished Dissertation Award (2020-2023) for “Between the Homeland and the Hostland: (Re)Claiming the Armenian Refugees in French Mandatory Syria, 1918-1946.” Dr. Jennifer Manoukian’s “In Search of Purity: Language, Ideology and Global Intellectual Movements in Ottoman Armenian History, 1750-1915” and …

Chahinian’s and  Şekeryan’s Books Chosen as Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce that Talar Chahinian’s Stateless: The Politics of the Armenian Language in Exile (Syracuse University Press, 2023) and Ari Şekeryan’s The Armenians and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire: After Genocide, 1918–1923 (Cambridge University Press, 2023) have been awarded this year’s Der Mugrdechian …

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) to Mark its 50th Anniversary with an International Conference on Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations at Harvard University and NAASR     Fresno, August 19, 2024-The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is set to celebrate a significant milestone, its 50th anniversary, with a three-day international conference at Harvard University and the National Association for …

Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) 50th Anniversary Conference  Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations  September 13-15, 2024 Harvard University  & National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)     Co-Sponsored by:   The Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies (Harvard University) The Promise Armenian Institute (University of California, Los Angeles) The Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History (University …

The Society for Armenian Studies invites applicants to apply for the Spring 2024 SAS Graduate Research and Conference Grants for M.A. and Ph.D. students. The deadline is June 15, 2024. Grants of up to $1000.00 per applicant will be awarded. Applicants must be current members of the Society for Armenian Studies. The grants will be on a competitive basis. Funding will …

Today marks the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The Society for Armenian Studies honors the memory of those who lost their lives, never to be forgotten. We honor the survivors, who bore witness to unspeakable atrocities and whose resilience and strength in the face of these horrors forged new lives from the ashes of devastation. We also recognize and …

The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) recently announced the recipients of its 2023 Best Conference Paper Award. The two recipients were Daniel Ohanian, for his conference paper on the autobiography of Awetikʿ Tʿōkhatʿetsʿi, and Lori Pirinjian, for her conference paper on domestic violence in post-Soviet Armenia. Each of the winning recipients was awarded  a $1,000 grant by the Society.  Daniel …

September 13-15, 2024 Harvard University & National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce that it will mark its Fiftieth Anniversary with a major in-person conference jointly hosted by Harvard University and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR). Titled Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations, the conference will …

The Executive Committee of the Society for Armenian Studies strenuously condemns the Azerbaijani attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, which targets ethnic Armenian population of the region. It is deeply troubling that Azerbaijan is characterizing this aggression as an ‘anti-terrorist operation,’ and deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 400 injuries within two days of this aggressive …